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Development of a prototype national on-line
vehicle identification system (NOVIS) based on metallurgical
fingerprinting and digital imaging
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MINTEK |
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Proposal number: |
23216 |
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Focal area: |
Information Society |
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Total funding: |
R 2,214,000 |
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Funding year 1: |
R 1,107,000 |
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Funding year 2: |
R 1,107,000 |
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The purpose of this project is to establish a method of
uniquely fingerprinting motor vehicle components for
identification purposes. Owing to the methods of vehicle
manufacturing, key vehicle components such as the engine block of
a vehicle retain surface textures that constitute a unique
'fingerprint', which can be captured metallo-graphically. These
images can be stored digitally on a database and retrieved for
comparison purposes. An advantage of this scheme is that such
fingerprints cannot be readily transferred to a second vehicle.
The vehicle can thus, in principle, be inspected on the scene, by
matching the relevant registration number with its unique
‘fingerprints’. The primary goal of the first year of the
project is to design the algorithms to enable the extraction of
‘fingerprint’ information from the digital images, and the
automated recognition of the patterns. In the second year a
prototype hardware and software system for large-scale
implementation of the concept will be developed. |
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Project Coordinator: |
Dr M B Cortie
Phone: +27 (0)11 709 4485
Email: MikeC@mintek.co.za |
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